海の声

• By: 浦島太郎（桐谷健太）

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

♪　空の声が　聞きたくて

I want to hear the voice of the sky

♪　風の声に　耳すませ

Listening carefully to the voice of the wind

♪　海の声が　知りたくて

I want to know the voice of the sea

♪　君の声を　探してる

I'm searching for your voice

♪　会えない　そう思うほどに

The more I think I can't see you

♪　会いたい　が大きくなってゆく

The more I want to see you grows stronger

♪　川のつぶやき　山のささやき

The murmuring of the river, the whisper of the mountains

♪　君の声のように　感じるんだ

I feel like it's your voice

♪　目を閉じれば　聞こえてくる

When I close my eyes, I can hear it

♪　君のコロコロした　笑い声

Your cheerful, rolling laughter

♪　声に出せば　届きそうで　今日も　歌ってる

If I sing out loud, I feel it might reach you—so today, I keep singing

♪　海の声にのせて

Carried by the voice of the sea

♪　空の声が　聞きたくて

I want to hear the voice of the sky

♪　風の声に　耳すませ

Listening carefully to the voice of the wind

♪　海の声が　知りたくて

I want to know the voice of the sea

♪　君の声を　探してる

I'm searching for your voice

浦島太郎「乙ちゃーん！！」

Urashima Taro: "Otsu-chan!"

♪　たとえ僕が　おじいさんになっても

Even if I become an old man

♪　ここで　歌ってる

I'll be singing here

♪　君だけを想って

Thinking only of you

♪　海の声よ　風の声よ

Oh voice of the sea, voice of the wind

♪　空の声よ　太陽の声よ

Oh voice of the sky, voice of the sun

♪　川の声よ　山の声よ

Oh voice of the river, voice of the mountains

♪　僕の声を　乗せてゆけ

Carry my voice on

桃太郎「届くといいね」

Momotaro: "Hope it reaches you"

金太郎「うん」

Kintaro: "Yeah"

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
空 (sora) /soɾa/ A1	noun - sky
海 (umi) /umi/ A1	noun - sea
声 (koe) /ko̞e/ A1	noun - voice
風 (kaze) /ka̠ze̞/ A1	noun - wind
聞く (kiku) /kikɯ/ A1	verb - to hear, to listen
君 (kimi) /kʲimi/ A1	noun - you (informal)
会う (au) /aɯ/ A1	verb - to meet
思う (omou) /omo̞ːɯ/ A2	verb - to think, to feel
探す (sagasu) /sa̠ɡa̠sɨ/ A2	verb - to search
川 (kawa) /ka̠wa̠/ A2	noun - river
山 (yama) /jama/ A2	noun - mountain
歌う (utau) /ɯtaɯ/ A2	verb - to sing
太陽 (taiyou) /tai̯joː/ B1	noun - sun
届く (todoku) /to̞do̞kɯ/ B1	verb - to reach, to arrive
乗せる (noseru) /no̞se̞ɾɯ/ B2	verb - to place on, to load

Grammar:

• ～たくて

  ➔ Expressing a strong desire or wish to do something; 'want to' or 'long to'

  ➔ '知りたくて' means 'want to know', indicating a desire to learn or understand something.

• ～のように

  ➔ Like; used to compare one thing to another, indicating similarity

  ➔ In '君の声のように', it compares 'your voice' to something else, illustrating similarity or a metaphor.

• ～にのせて

  ➔ To ride on, to be carried by; indicates something being conveyed by or associated with something else

  ➔ In '海の声にのせて', it means 'carrying' or 'conveyed by' the sound of the sea, implying message or emotion carried by the sound.

• ～と

  ➔ Quotation particle; used to indicate quoting or addressing someone

  ➔ In '浦島太郎「乙ちゃーん！！」', the と indicates that he is calling out to乙ちゃん, addressing someone.

• ～ても

  ➔ Even if; expresses a concession or hypothetical situation

  ➔ In 'たとえ僕が おじいさんになっても', even if I become old, I will keep singing.